New geographies . ore, repre-sentatives are elected, and sent to oneplace, from all the states of the they consider questions of interestto the whole nation. The place where they meet is Wash-ington, and this city is, on that account,the capital of the United States, or thenational capital. At Washington thereis a magnificent capitol building () in which the meetings are held; andthere are many other fine governmentbuildings there. The representatives from the forty-sixstates of the Union form what is knownas Congress. This corresponds to thelegislatures of the state, for the
New geographies . ore, repre-sentatives are elected, and sent to oneplace, from all the states of the they consider questions of interestto the whole nation. The place where they meet is Wash-ington, and this city is, on that account,the capital of the United States, or thenational capital. At Washington thereis a magnificent capitol building () in which the meetings are held; andthere are many other fine governmentbuildings there. The representatives from the forty-sixstates of the Union form what is knownas Congress. This corresponds to thelegislatures of the state, for the congress-men make laws for the nation, as thelegislators do for the state. The mem-bers of Congress are called senators andrepresentatives. The chief executive officer of the UnitedStates, corresponding to the mayor of acity, and the governor of a state, is calledthe President (Fig. 96). He lives inWashington, and his residence is calledthe Executive Mansion, or White House,since it is painted white (Fig. 97). Who. FiO. 97. —Tbe White House, where the Presideut Jives, 80 HOME GEOGBAPHT is now President of the United States? Who was the first President ? What do you know about each ? Besides these officers, who are elected by the people, there are a great many others who, are appointed by the Presi-dent to carry on the government work. Many live in Washing-ton, but some, such as postmasters, live in other places. We have seen that our representatives, and other officers, are elected by votes thatare cast for them. Be-cause the people thus havethe power to make their ownlaws, our government iscalled a democracy. The first part of this word means people, and the last part government, so that
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